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Networking a Windows Me PC and Vista laptop
I am trying to set up a network with a PC running Windows Me and a laptop
running Vista. These are connected via a Netger router. Is this possible to do and if so how can it be achieved? |
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Networking a Windows Me PC and Vista laptop
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I am trying to set up a network with a PC running Windows Me and a laptop running Vista. These are connected via a Netger router. Is this possible to do and if so how can it be achieved? Try enabling NTLM 2 and if that doesn't help then drop Vista back to using NTLM. As posted by Gloria Boyer from Microsoft: Here's some info that might be helpful, although it sounds like your problem is in the other direction, Bill. However, I'm just putting this out there in case. Cannot Authenticate to a Shared Folder from a Windows Vista-based Computer If you cannot authenticate when accessing a shared folder from a Windows Vista-based computer on a computer running a version of Windows prior to Windows XP (such as Windows 98 and Windows 95), a computer running an operating system other than Microsoft Windows, or to a network device, the cause might be a mismatch in the configured support for NTLM 2, an authentication protocol that is used for file and printer sharing connections. By default, Windows Vista is configured to use NTLM 2. To address this issue, you can do one of the following: a.. Enable NTLM 2 support on the computer or device to which the Windows Vista-based computer is attempting to connect. For computers running versions of Windows prior to Windows XP, see How to enable NTLM 2 authentication (URL:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869). For computers running operating systems other than Windows, see the operating system's product documentation for information about how to enable NTLM 2 support. For network devices, see the device's product documentation or Web site for information about how to enable NTLM 2 support or download a firmware update that supports NTLM 2. This is the preferred solution. a.. If you cannot update the computers running operating systems other than Windows or your network devices to support NTLM 2, change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa\LMCompatibilityLevel registry value on the computer running Windows Vista to 1. This solution is not recommended. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Windows |
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Networking a Windows Me PC and Vista laptop
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wrote: I am trying to set up a network with a PC running Windows Me and a laptop running Vista. These are connected via a Netger router. Is this possible to do and if so how can it be achieved? Microsoft doesn't support File and Printer Sharing between Vista and Me. It wasn't part of Vista's design, coding, or testing. In my testing, a computer running Vista can access shared folders belonging to a computer running Me. To the best of my knowledge, no one has been able to make it work reliably the other way. I've seen the following problems when trying to access Vista's shared folders from Me. I give a solution to #1 below: 1. Incompatible default network authentication protocols. Windows Me uses LM and NTLM authentication. Vista uses NTLMv2 authentication. This causes a prompt for the IPC$ password on Me when password protected sharing is enabled on Vista. There is no valid response to the IPC$ prompt. 2. Incomplete enumeration of shares. Me only sees some of Vista's shared folders. The names of some shared folders are truncated, making them inaccessible. 3. Instability. Accessing Vista's shared folders makes Me hang or crash. If you want to try accessing Vista's shared folders from Me, I recommend taking these safety measures first: make a restore point on Vista, and back up your important data on all computers. Here's how to configure Vista to use LM and NTLM authentication to allow access from Me when password protected sharing is enabled. I'd like to thank my fellow MVP Evan Pearce, who helped me understand and test this: 1. Click the Start button, type "regedit" in the Start Search box, and press Enter. 2. Click "Continue" in the User Account Control prompt. 3. Open this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa 4. If they don't already exist, create DWORD values named LmCompatibilityLevel and NoLmHash. 5. Set LmCompatibilityLevel to 1. 6. Set NoLmHash to 0. 7. Restart the Vista computer. 8. Go to Control Panel User Accounts, click "Change your password", enter your current password in the boxes for "Current password", "New password", and "Confirm new password", and click "Change password". -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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